15 - Programming Visio with VBA

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Any programming language that supports Automation can be used to write programs that access Microsoft Visio objects, get and set properties, invoke methods, and receive events. Visio provides a standard integrated development environment (IDE) for convenient development of Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) projects.

If your solution will use Automation to control shapes and drawings, read or write data to or from external sources (such as a database), or interact with other applications, you can write VBA code in Visio to accomplish these tasks. The Visio VBA IDE is consistent with the IDE in all VBA-enabled applications, for example, Microsoft Office or Office XP applications. If you've used VBA in any of these applications, the Visio environment will be familiar to you.

This chapter provides a brief overview of some common tasks using VBA in Visio. For complete details about using the VBA development environment and writing VBA code, see the Microsoft Visual Basic Help.